Metal door or panel for lockers and the like.



PATETED s161624, 1966.

R. W. JEFFERIS. METAL DOOR 0R PANEL FOR LOCKERS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO. 8, 1905.

unirsi) srarss PATENT OFFICE;

RICHARD W. JEFFERIS, OF MERCHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, SSIGO TO MRRITT AND COMPANY, A CORPGRATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

METAL DOQR OF? PANEL FOR LOCKERS AND THE LiKE.

To all whom it may concer-a.-

Beit known that I, RICHARD W. Jnrrs'nrs, oi Merchantyille, county of Camden, and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Metal Doors or Panels for Locle ers and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

' It is one of the objects of my invention to lighten the construction of metal doors or panels, such as are commonly used in metal lockers, without sacrificing the necessary strength and rigidity. To this end I dispense with the heavy angle-irons which have usually been used for the outer framework and-'form the frame of ilattened-U-shaped pieces of sheet metal. By bending one of the edges of these pieces into longitudinal angular flanges I provide longitudinal strengthening-ribs which enable the use of comparatively light metal without'sacriiice olf strength and rigidity. The web or panel sheet is ritted to these frames by placingits edges in the open side of their U-shaped bends.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva tion of the metal framework of the door or panel., omitting the wall or web carried thereby. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the saine on the line A A or' Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale and including the Wall or web. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line B B of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the door or panel looking from the iront. v Fig. 5

is a sinn ar view looking 4llrom the back; and Figo is a perspective view of ners of the cross-bars. ,f

c a are the side members oliv the frame.

one of the cor- 'They are formed` of sheet metal bent into flattened-U shape with one'end bent in to Jr'orin a vertical inwardly-extending strengthenin flange a.

l; are the top and bottom cross-pieces, which are also formed of metal bent into flattened-U shape.

c is the web or wall, which may be of any suitable material and is nhere shown cornposed of expanded metal. This sheet, cut to the proper size, is placed with its side edges itting in the U-shaped side members a a. The top and bottom cross-bars are then placed over the ends oi' the side bars o c and the top and bottom edges of' the sheet c and are riveted or otherwise fastened, as at c', to the members b l). The outer edges of the sheet care thus fitted within the flattened-U- Specicaton o Letters Yatent. lipplidation tiled Beeem'ber 8, 1905. Serial No. 290,892.

i vPatented Sept. 4,1906.

shaped members a a l) lv of the outer iramework.

I prefer to cut oilq the inner portions oi top and bottom cross-bars b b at the corners, as shown at d, so that the inner portions of the side bars a (L at the corners may fit into the openings d 'thus afforded, allowing the strengthening ribs or flanges a to extend across the inner sides .of the cross-bars to the full length of the door or panel. These ribs or ancres a act as strengthening-ribs to im- C C C part strength and rigidity to the frame structure and ermit lighter metal to be used for the outer ramework than would otherwise be possible. frame.

rIhe rivets c', which secure the members a a l) b together at the corners, also serve to fasten the sheet c in place, and ordinarily rivets or other iastenings for securing the edges of the web in the U-bends of the frame-pieces .will not be necessary. Such `fastenings may, however, be employed, if desired, and in Fig. 5 I have shown a lip f cut in the inner portion of the side bar a and forced into engagement With the web c; but ordinarily the members a a b l) may be fitted suiiciently tightly on the' edges of the web c to render such iastenings unnecessary.

A middle or lock bar e may be secured to the side bars ri a. I have shown it with its ends inserted in the ,U-shaped o enings with the edges of .the web and rivete to the bars a c.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. A metal door or panel for lockers and the like, consisting of an outer frame formed of iattened-U-shaped pieces ol sheet metal- `united at the corners, and a panel web or sheet, carried by said outer frame and having its outer edges itting in the inner open edges of said U-sha ed pieces.

2. Acmeta door or panel for lockers and the like, consisting of outer side bars formed of iiattened-U-sliaped pieces of sheet metal provided with longitudinal rojecting They also form ledges of the door- Elo strengthening-flanges, a fpanel We 1 or sheet havilig its outer edges tting in the 'inner open edges of said U-shaped pieces, and cross-bars uniting said outer side bars at the top and bottom.

3. A metal door or panel for lockers and the like, consisting of outer side bars formed 0f fintiQnMLU-Slmpod' piece@ 0l slwct ,metall provided with longitudinal projet-,ting slzi'ongtlieniiig-flanges, n panel-wel) o'inlio'ct hming its mitm edges litting in the inne? oiinnedges of sind U-shapod nimmst-find cross-bars uniting said outer side hairs nit the tup :ind bott/mn and consisting nl flattened* U-slinped pinces olI sheet inotzil engaging the upper und low??? dg'es of the panel wel) or slwel.

4, )i milzzl door or panel 'fz" lockers andv 'the like, consisting of thvy sido liars 1y acmuposed of llnttcnedU-:sl'1a.pd pieces 0l 'shent mtnl lim'ing'one odge. limit into nV longitud 11a-l :lngulm'tlafnge nr strengtheningril) L I. top and bottoni @mss-bmg Zi also formed ol' Vllattoiwd-Ll-sllaped piecis of sheet metal Secured at tlioii ends to the onds'pi" tht side bam ar (t, and n panel wel) nl sham-'having its edges fitting in the open edges of sztidU- shaped side liztrs and cross-pieces.

5. A niatal door or panel for locluiis and the lilm, consisting 0l the side bars ozy (t coinp'osed of flnttened-U-shitped peceS of Sheet infetftl havingv one edge bent into a longitndi :ml nngulaiflimgeor ntiengthening rib a, tlm top and' liotti'nn' crossfliiis i') also foimed of llaxttinQd-U-Slmpnd pieces of sheet nintizl sa cmcd at their ends to the ends of the Side 'bn-115 (iy ay said gross-bars lining cut away at the inner side of this finds mi :it al .and tlm innery tztces nf the endg; of the Side bm's extending into said nut-away portions, and a panel web wi sheet having its edges tting 1n the @peni lodges @f said Lil-shaped side bars and Crcssmecca illitnefsses JAS. l". PEARGE, JAS. L. Mnnm'ifi., i

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